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class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">William Joseph Sears</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:WilliamJSears.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/WilliamJSears.jpg/220px-WilliamJSears.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="290" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/WilliamJSears.jpg/330px-WilliamJSears.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/WilliamJSears.jpg/440px-WilliamJSears.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1421" data-file-height="1870" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the<br /><a href="/wiki/U.S._House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1929</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>District created</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Bryan_Owen" title="Ruth Bryan Owen">Ruth Bryan Owen</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><span data-sort-value="Florida04 !"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 4th congressional district">4th district</a></span></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Seat inactive</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Seat inactive</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><span data-sort-value="FloridaAL !"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="Florida's at-large congressional district">At-large</a></span></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1874-12-04</span>)</span>December 4, 1874<br /><a href="/wiki/Smithville,_Georgia" title="Smithville, Georgia">Smithville, Georgia</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">March 30, 1944<span style="display:none">(1944-03-30)</span> (aged 69)<br /><a href="/wiki/Kissimmee,_Florida" title="Kissimmee, Florida">Kissimmee, Florida</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label">Rose Hill Cemetery</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Kissimmee, Florida</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William Joseph Sears</b> (December 4, 1874 – March 30, 1944) was a lawyer and <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. Representative</a> from <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>. A Democrat, he was an avowed white supremacist.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_J._Sears&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Smithville,_Georgia" title="Smithville, Georgia">Smithville, Georgia</a>, Sears moved with his parents to <a href="/wiki/Ellaville,_Georgia" title="Ellaville, Georgia">Ellaville, Georgia</a>, and thence to <a href="/wiki/Kissimmee,_Florida" title="Kissimmee, Florida">Kissimmee, Florida</a>, in January 1881. He attended the public schools. He graduated from Florida State College at Lake City in 1895 and from <a href="/wiki/Mercer_University" title="Mercer University">Mercer University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Macon,_Georgia" title="Macon, Georgia">Macon, Georgia</a>, in 1896. </p><p>He studied law and was <a href="/wiki/Admission_to_the_bar_in_the_United_States" title="Admission to the bar in the United States">admitted to the bar</a> in 1905. He commenced his law practice in Kissimmee, and served as its mayor from 1907 to 1911. He was also the superintendent of public instruction of Osceola County 1905–1915. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Congress">Congress</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_J._Sears&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sears was elected as a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a> to the <a href="/wiki/64th_United_States_Congress" title="64th United States Congress">Sixty-fourth</a> and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1929). He served as chairman of the Committee on Education (<a href="/wiki/65th_United_States_Congress" title="65th United States Congress">Sixty-fifth</a> Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1928 and resumed the practice of his legal profession in Kissimmee. He moved to <a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_Florida" title="Jacksonville, Florida">Jacksonville, Florida</a>, and continued the practice of law. </p><p>Sears was again elected to the U.S. House for the <a href="/wiki/73rd_United_States_Congress" title="73rd United States Congress">Seventy-third</a> and <a href="/wiki/74th_United_States_Congress" title="74th United States Congress">Seventy-fourth</a> Congresses (March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937), holding an <a href="/wiki/At-large" title="At-large">at-large</a> seat. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1936, in a newly drawn district. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_career_and_death">Later career and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_J._Sears&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Later career and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sears served as an associate member of the Board of Veterans' Appeals of the <a href="/wiki/Veterans%27_Administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Veterans' Administration">Veterans' Administration</a> in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, from 1937 until his retirement in October 1942. 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Sears (id: S000211)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Biographical_Directory_of_the_United_States_Congress" title="Biographical Directory of the United States Congress">Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Biographical+Directory+of+the+United+States+Congress&rft.atitle=William+J.+Sears+%28id%3A+S000211%29&rft.au=United+States+Congress&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbioguide.congress.gov%2Fscripts%2Fbiodisplay.pl%3Findex%3DS000211&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWilliam+J.+Sears" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td 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Labor <br /> (1867–1883)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jehu_Baker" title="Jehu Baker">Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Fenton_Cary" title="Samuel Fenton Cary">Cary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Mayes_Arnell" title="Samuel Mayes Arnell">Arnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legrand_W._Perce" title="Legrand W. Perce">Perce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Monroe_(Ohio_politician)" title="James Monroe (Ohio politician)">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Carlton_Walker" class="mw-redirect" title="Gilbert Carlton Walker">Walker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Goode_(Virginia_politician)" title="John Goode (Virginia politician)">Goode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_T._Updegraff" title="Jonathan T. Updegraff">Updegraff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Sherwin" title="John C. Sherwin">Sherwin</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Seal of the United States House of Representatives"><img alt="Seal of the United States House of Representatives" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/90px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/135px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/180px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1030" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Education <br /> (1883–1947)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/D._Wyatt_Aiken" title="D. Wyatt Aiken">Aiken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_D._Candler" title="Allen D. Candler">Candler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_O%27Donnell_(politician)" title="James O'Donnell (politician)">O'Donnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_I._Hayes" title="Walter I. Hayes">Hayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_B._Brunner" title="David B. Brunner">Brunner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_A._Enloe" title="Benjamin A. Enloe">Enloe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galusha_A._Grow" title="Galusha A. Grow">Grow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_N._Southwick" title="George N. Southwick">Southwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_F._Burke_(politician)" title="James F. Burke (politician)">Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asbury_Francis_Lever" class="mw-redirect" title="Asbury Francis Lever">Lever</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudley_Mays_Hughes" class="mw-redirect" title="Dudley Mays Hughes">Hughes</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sears</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simeon_D._Fess" title="Simeon D. Fess">Fess</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_W._Dallinger" title="Frederick W. Dallinger">Dallinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_A._Reed_(politician)" title="Daniel A. Reed (politician)">Reed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_J._Douglass" title="John J. Douglass">Douglass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vincent_L._Palmisano" title="Vincent L. Palmisano">Palmisano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Larrabee_(Indiana)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Larrabee (Indiana)">Larrabee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graham_Arthur_Barden" class="mw-redirect" title="Graham Arthur Barden">Barden</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Labor <br /> (1883–1947)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Herron_Hopkins" title="James Herron Hopkins">Hopkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Joseph_O%27Neill_(U.S._politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Joseph O'Neill (U.S. politician)">O'Neill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Wade" title="William H. Wade">Wade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Charles_Tarsney" class="mw-redirect" title="John Charles Tarsney">Tarsney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_E._McGann" title="Lawrence E. McGann">McGann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Wharton_Phillips" title="Thomas Wharton Phillips">Phillips</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_J._Gardner" title="John J. Gardner">Gardner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Bauchop_Wilson" class="mw-redirect" title="William Bauchop Wilson">Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_John_Lewis" title="David John Lewis">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_P._Maher" title="James P. Maher">Maher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_M._C._Smith" title="John M. C. Smith">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_I._Nolan" title="John I. Nolan">Nolan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Nicholas_Zihlman" title="Frederick Nicholas Zihlman">Zihlman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_F._Kopp" title="William F. Kopp">Kopp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_J._Welch" title="Richard J. Welch">Welch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_P._Connery_Jr." title="William P. Connery Jr.">Connery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Teresa_Norton" title="Mary Teresa Norton">Norton</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Education and Labor* <br /> (1947–)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fred_A._Hartley_Jr." title="Fred A. Hartley Jr.">Hartley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lesinski_Sr." title="John Lesinski Sr.">Lesinski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graham_Arthur_Barden" class="mw-redirect" title="Graham Arthur Barden">Barden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_K._McConnell_Jr." title="Samuel K. McConnell Jr.">McConnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graham_Arthur_Barden" class="mw-redirect" title="Graham Arthur Barden">Barden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Clayton_Powell_Jr." title="Adam Clayton Powell Jr.">Powell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_D._Perkins" title="Carl D. Perkins">Perkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augustus_Hawkins" title="Augustus Hawkins">Hawkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_D._Ford" title="William D. Ford">Ford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Goodling" title="Bill Goodling">Goodling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Boehner" title="John Boehner">Boehner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buck_McKeon" title="Buck McKeon">McKeon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Miller_(California_politician)" title="George Miller (California politician)">Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Kline_(politician)" title="John Kline (politician)">Kline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Foxx" title="Virginia Foxx">Foxx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Scott_(politician)" title="Bobby Scott (politician)">Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Foxx" title="Virginia Foxx">Foxx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Walberg" title="Tim Walberg">Walberg</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Note</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><sup>*</sup> Alternately named <b>Economic and Educational Opportunities</b> in 104th Congress and <b>Education and the Workforce</b> in 105th through 109th and 112th through 115th Congresses.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Members_of_the_U.S._House_of_Representatives_from_Florida112" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:United_States_representatives_from_Florida" title="Template:United States representatives from Florida"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:United_States_representatives_from_Florida" title="Template talk:United States representatives from Florida"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:United_States_representatives_from_Florida" title="Special:EditPage/Template:United States representatives from Florida"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Members_of_the_U.S._House_of_Representatives_from_Florida112" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Florida" title="List of United States representatives from Florida">Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Florida_Territory%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="Florida Territory's at-large congressional district">Territory</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Marion_Hern%C3%A1ndez" title="Joseph Marion Hernández">Hernández</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_K._Call" title="Richard K. Call">Call</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_M._White" title="Joseph M. White">White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Downing" title="Charles Downing">Downing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Levy_Yulee" title="David Levy Yulee">Levy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="Florida's at-large congressional district">At-large</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Carrington_Cabell" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Carrington Cabell">Cabell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Brockenbrough" class="mw-redirect" title="William Henry Brockenbrough">Brockenbrough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Carrington_Cabell" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Carrington Cabell">Cabell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augustus_Maxwell" title="Augustus Maxwell">Maxwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Sydney_Hawkins" title="George Sydney Hawkins">Hawkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Memorial_Hamilton" title="Charles Memorial Hamilton">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josiah_T._Walls" title="Josiah T. Walls">Walls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silas_L._Niblack" title="Silas L. Niblack">Niblack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Purman" title="William J. Purman">Purman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Josiah_T._Walls" title="Josiah T. Walls">Walls</a> (served concurrently)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claude_L%27Engle" title="Claude L'Engle">L'Engle</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sears</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_A._Green" title="Robert A. Green">Green</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/100px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/200px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1030" /></span></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Florida.svg/100px-Flag_of_Florida.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Florida.svg/150px-Flag_of_Florida.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Florida.svg/200px-Flag_of_Florida.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="200" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><span data-sort-value="Florida01 !"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Florida's 1st congressional district">1st district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Purman" title="William J. Purman">Purman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_H._M._Davidson" title="Robert H. M. Davidson">Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Mallory_II" title="Stephen Mallory II">Mallory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_M._Sparkman" title="Stephen M. Sparkman">Sparkman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_J._Drane" title="Herbert J. Drane">Drane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Hardin_Peterson" title="J. Hardin Peterson">Peterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_B._McMullen" title="Chester B. McMullen">McMullen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courtney_W._Campbell" title="Courtney W. Campbell">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_C._Cramer" title="William C. Cramer">Cramer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Sikes" title="Bob Sikes">Sikes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Hutto" title="Earl Hutto">Hutto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Scarborough" title="Joe Scarborough">Scarborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Miller_(Florida_politician)" title="Jeff Miller (Florida politician)">J. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Gaetz" title="Matt Gaetz">Gaetz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><span data-sort-value="Florida02 !"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Florida's 2nd congressional district">2nd district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Josiah_T._Walls" title="Josiah T. Walls">Walls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_J._Finley" title="Jesse J. Finley">Finley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horatio_Bisbee_Jr." title="Horatio Bisbee Jr.">Bisbee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_J._Finley" title="Jesse J. Finley">Finley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noble_A._Hull" title="Noble A. Hull">Hull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horatio_Bisbee_Jr." title="Horatio Bisbee Jr.">Bisbee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_J._Finley" title="Jesse J. Finley">Finley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horatio_Bisbee_Jr." title="Horatio Bisbee Jr.">Bisbee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Dougherty_(Florida_politician)" title="Charles Dougherty (Florida politician)">Dougherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Bullock" title="Robert Bullock">Bullock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Merian_Cooper" title="Charles Merian Cooper">Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Wyche_Davis" title="Robert Wyche Davis">R. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Clark_(politician)" title="Frank Clark (politician)">Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_A._Green" title="Robert A. Green">Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emory_H._Price" title="Emory H. Price">Price</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_E._Bennett_(politician)" title="Charles E. Bennett (politician)">Bennett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Fuqua" title="Don Fuqua">Fuqua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_W._Grant" title="James W. Grant">Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Peterson" title="Pete Peterson">Peterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_Boyd" title="Allen Boyd">Boyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Southerland_(Florida_politician)" title="Steve Southerland (Florida politician)">Southerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwen_Graham" title="Gwen Graham">Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neal_Dunn" title="Neal Dunn">Dunn</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><span data-sort-value="Florida03 !"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Florida's 3rd congressional district">3rd district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Bailey_Lamar" title="William Bailey Lamar">Lamar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dannite_H._Mays" class="mw-redirect" title="Dannite H. Mays">Mays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmett_Wilson" title="Emmett Wilson">E. Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Kehoe" title="Walter Kehoe">Kehoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_H._Smithwick" title="John H. Smithwick">Smithwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_A._Yon" class="mw-redirect" title="Tom A. Yon">Yon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millard_Caldwell" title="Millard Caldwell">Caldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Sikes" title="Bob Sikes">Sikes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claude_Pepper" title="Claude Pepper">Pepper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_E._Bennett_(politician)" title="Charles E. Bennett (politician)">Bennett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corrine_Brown" title="Corrine Brown">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Yoho" title="Ted Yoho">Yoho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kat_Cammack" title="Kat Cammack">Cammack</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><span data-sort-value="Florida04 !"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 4th congressional district">4th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sears</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Bryan_Owen" title="Ruth Bryan Owen">Owen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Mark_Wilcox" title="J. Mark Wilcox">Wilcox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Cannon" title="Pat Cannon">Cannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Smathers" title="George Smathers">Smathers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Lantaff" title="Bill Lantaff">Lantaff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dante_Fascell" title="Dante Fascell">Fascell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syd_Herlong" title="Syd Herlong">Herlong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Chappell" title="Bill Chappell">Chappell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_James_(politician)" title="Craig James (politician)">James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tillie_Fowler" title="Tillie Fowler">Fowler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ander_Crenshaw" title="Ander Crenshaw">Crenshaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Rutherford_(Florida_politician)" title="John Rutherford (Florida politician)">Rutherford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Bean" title="Aaron Bean">Bean</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><span data-sort-value="Florida05 !"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 5th congressional district">5th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Hendricks" title="Joe Hendricks">Hendricks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syd_Herlong" title="Syd Herlong">Herlong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Gurney" title="Edward Gurney">Gurney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Frey_Jr." title="Louis Frey Jr.">Frey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Gunter" title="Bill Gunter">Gunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Kelly_(Florida_politician)" title="Richard Kelly (Florida politician)">Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_McCollum" title="Bill McCollum">McCollum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karen_Thurman" title="Karen Thurman">Thurman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ginny_Brown-Waite" title="Ginny Brown-Waite">Brown-Waite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rich_Nugent" title="Rich Nugent">Nugent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corrine_Brown" title="Corrine Brown">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Lawson" title="Al Lawson">Lawson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Rutherford_(Florida_politician)" title="John Rutherford (Florida politician)">Rutherford</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><span data-sort-value="Florida06 !"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 6th congressional district">6th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_L._Rogers" title="Dwight L. Rogers">D. Rogers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Rogers_(politician)" title="Paul Rogers (politician)">P. Rogers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Gibbons" title="Sam Gibbons">Gibbons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Young_(Florida_politician)" title="Bill Young (Florida politician)">Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_MacKay" title="Buddy MacKay">MacKay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Stearns" title="Cliff Stearns">Stearns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_DeSantis" title="Ron DeSantis">DeSantis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Waltz" title="Michael Waltz">Waltz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><span data-sort-value="Florida07 !"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 7th congressional district">7th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_A._Haley" title="James A. Haley">Haley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Gibbons" title="Sam Gibbons">Gibbons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Mica" title="John Mica">J. Mica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Murphy" title="Stephanie Murphy">S. Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cory_Mills" title="Cory Mills">Mills</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><span data-sort-value="Florida08 !"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_8th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 8th congressional district">8th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Ray_Matthews" class="mw-redirect" title="Donald Ray Matthews">Matthews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_C._Cramer" title="William C. Cramer">Cramer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Young_(Florida_politician)" title="Bill Young (Florida politician)">Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_A._Haley" title="James A. Haley">Haley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Ireland" title="Andy Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Young_(Florida_politician)" title="Bill Young (Florida politician)">Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_McCollum" title="Bill McCollum">McCollum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ric_Keller" title="Ric Keller">Keller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Grayson" title="Alan Grayson">Grayson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Webster_(Florida_politician)" title="Daniel Webster (Florida politician)">Webster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Posey" title="Bill Posey">Posey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Haridopolos" title="Mike Haridopolos">Haridopolos</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><span data-sort-value="Florida09 !"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_9th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 9th congressional district">9th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Don_Fuqua" title="Don Fuqua">Fuqua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Rogers_(politician)" title="Paul Rogers (politician)">P. Rogers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Frey_Jr." title="Louis Frey Jr.">Frey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Nelson" title="Bill Nelson">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Bilirakis" title="Michael Bilirakis">M. Bilirakis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gus_Bilirakis" title="Gus Bilirakis">G. Bilirakis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Grayson" title="Alan Grayson">Grayson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darren_Soto" title="Darren Soto">Soto</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><span data-sort-value="Florida10 !"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_10th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 10th congressional district">10th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Gibbons" title="Sam Gibbons">Gibbons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Herbert_Burke" title="J. Herbert Burke">Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skip_Bafalis" title="Skip Bafalis">Bafalis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Ireland" title="Andy Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Young_(Florida_politician)" title="Bill Young (Florida politician)">Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Webster_(Florida_politician)" title="Daniel Webster (Florida politician)">Webster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Val_Demings" title="Val Demings">Demings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maxwell_Frost" title="Maxwell Frost">Frost</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><span data-sort-value="Florida11 !"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_11th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 11th congressional district">11th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Gurney" title="Edward Gurney">Gurney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claude_Pepper" title="Claude Pepper">Pepper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Rogers_(politician)" title="Paul Rogers (politician)">P. Rogers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Mica" title="Dan Mica">D. Mica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Nelson" title="Bill Nelson">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Bacchus" title="Jim Bacchus">Bacchus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Gibbons" title="Sam Gibbons">Gibbons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Davis_(Florida_politician)" title="Jim Davis (Florida politician)">J. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathy_Castor" title="Kathy Castor">Castor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rich_Nugent" title="Rich Nugent">Nugent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Webster_(Florida_politician)" title="Daniel Webster (Florida politician)">Webster</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><span data-sort-value="Florida12 !"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_12th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 12th congressional district">12th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_C._Cramer" title="William C. Cramer">Cramer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dante_Fascell" title="Dante Fascell">Fascell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Herbert_Burke" title="J. Herbert Burke">Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_J._Stack" title="Edward J. Stack">Stack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_Shaw_(politician)" title="Clay Shaw (politician)">Shaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Lewis_(American_politician)" title="Tom Lewis (American politician)">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Canady" title="Charles Canady">Canady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Putnam" title="Adam Putnam">Putnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Ross_(politician)" title="Dennis Ross (politician)">Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gus_Bilirakis" title="Gus Bilirakis">Bilirakis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><span data-sort-value="Florida13 !"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_13th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 13th congressional district">13th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Lehman_(Florida_politician)" title="William Lehman (Florida politician)">Lehman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connie_Mack_III" title="Connie Mack III">Mack III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porter_Goss" title="Porter Goss">Goss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Miller_(Florida_politician)" title="Dan Miller (Florida politician)">D. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katherine_Harris" title="Katherine Harris">Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vern_Buchanan" title="Vern Buchanan">Buchanan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Young_(Florida_politician)" title="Bill Young (Florida politician)">Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Jolly" title="David Jolly">Jolly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Crist" title="Charlie Crist">Crist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Paulina_Luna" title="Anna Paulina Luna">Luna</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><span data-sort-value="Florida14 !"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_14th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 14th congressional district">14th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Claude_Pepper" title="Claude Pepper">Pepper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Mica" title="Dan Mica">D. Mica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Johnston_(American_politician)" title="Harry Johnston (American politician)">Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porter_Goss" title="Porter Goss">Goss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connie_Mack_IV" title="Connie Mack IV">Mack IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathy_Castor" title="Kathy Castor">Castor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><span data-sort-value="Florida15 !"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_15th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 15th congressional district">15th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dante_Fascell" title="Dante Fascell">Fascell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_Shaw_(politician)" title="Clay Shaw (politician)">Shaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Bacchus" title="Jim Bacchus">Bacchus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Weldon" title="Dave Weldon">Weldon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Posey" title="Bill Posey">Posey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_A._Ross" class="mw-redirect" title="Dennis A. Ross">Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ross_Spano" title="Ross Spano">Spano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Franklin_(politician)" title="Scott Franklin (politician)">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurel_Lee" title="Laurel Lee">Lee</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><span data-sort-value="Florida16 !"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_16th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 16th congressional district">16th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_J._Smith" title="Lawrence J. Smith">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Lewis_(American_politician)" title="Tom Lewis (American politician)">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Foley" title="Mark Foley">Foley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Mahoney" title="Tim Mahoney">Mahoney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Rooney_(Florida_politician)" title="Tom Rooney (Florida politician)">T. Rooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vern_Buchanan" title="Vern Buchanan">Buchanan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><span data-sort-value="Florida17 !"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_17th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 17th congressional district">17th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Lehman_(Florida_politician)" title="William Lehman (Florida politician)">Lehman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrie_P._Meek" class="mw-redirect" title="Carrie P. Meek">C. Meek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Meek" title="Kendrick Meek">K. Meek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederica_Wilson" title="Frederica Wilson">Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Rooney_(Florida_politician)" title="Tom Rooney (Florida politician)">T. Rooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Steube" title="Greg Steube">Steube</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><span data-sort-value="Florida18 !"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_18th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 18th congressional district">18th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Claude_Pepper" title="Claude Pepper">Pepper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ileana_Ros-Lehtinen" title="Ileana Ros-Lehtinen">Ros-Lehtinen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Murphy_(Florida_politician)" title="Patrick Murphy (Florida politician)">P. Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Mast" title="Brian Mast">Mast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Franklin_(politician)" title="Scott Franklin (politician)">Franklin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><span data-sort-value="Florida19 !"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_19th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 19th congressional district">19th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dante_Fascell" title="Dante Fascell">Fascell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Johnston_(American_politician)" title="Harry Johnston (American politician)">Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Wexler" title="Robert Wexler">Wexler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Deutch" title="Ted Deutch">Deutch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trey_Radel" title="Trey Radel">Radel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curt_Clawson" title="Curt Clawson">Clawson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Rooney" title="Francis Rooney">F. Rooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byron_Donalds" title="Byron Donalds">Donalds</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><span data-sort-value="Florida20 !"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_20th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 20th congressional district">20th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Deutsch" title="Peter Deutsch">Deutsch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debbie_Wasserman_Schultz" title="Debbie Wasserman Schultz">Wasserman Schultz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alcee_Hastings" title="Alcee Hastings">Hastings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Cherfilus-McCormick" title="Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick">Cherfilus-McCormick</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><span data-sort-value="Florida21 !"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_21st_congressional_district" title="Florida's 21st congressional district">21st district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_D%C3%ADaz-Balart" title="Lincoln Díaz-Balart">L. Díaz-Balart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mario_D%C3%ADaz-Balart" title="Mario Díaz-Balart">M. Díaz-Balart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Deutch" title="Ted Deutch">Deutch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lois_Frankel" title="Lois Frankel">Frankel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Mast" title="Brian Mast">Mast</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><span data-sort-value="Florida22 !"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_22nd_congressional_district" title="Florida's 22nd congressional district">22nd district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clay_Shaw_(politician)" title="Clay Shaw (politician)">Shaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Klein" title="Ron Klein">Klein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_West_(politician)" title="Allen West (politician)">West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lois_Frankel" title="Lois Frankel">Frankel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Deutch" title="Ted Deutch">Deutch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lois_Frankel" title="Lois Frankel">Frankel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><span data-sort-value="Florida23 !"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_23rd_congressional_district" title="Florida's 23rd congressional district">23rd district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alcee_Hastings" title="Alcee Hastings">Hastings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debbie_Wasserman_Schultz" title="Debbie Wasserman Schultz">Wasserman Schultz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jared_Moskowitz" title="Jared Moskowitz">Moskowitz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><span data-sort-value="Florida24 !"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_24th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 24th congressional district">24th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Feeney" title="Tom Feeney">Feeney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Kosmas" title="Suzanne Kosmas">Kosmas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Adams" title="Sandy Adams">Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederica_Wilson" title="Frederica Wilson">F. 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